Apr 23, 2008 : VISI Attains MS Gold Partner Status

📅 April 23, 2008 - Managed hosting provider VISI (visi.com ) announced on Tuesday that it has attainted Gold Certified Partner status in the Microsoft Partner Program with a competency in advanced infrastructure solutions.

According to the press release, as a Gold Certified Partner, VISI has demonstrated expertise with Microsoft technologies and proven its ability to meet customers' needs.

The advanced infrastructure solutions competency is designed for partners with proven expertise in designing or implementing complex infrastructure solutions such as Microsoft Host Integration server-based design and deployment solutions and Microsoft Exchange Server migration or deployment solutions.

"We are extremely pleased to have attained Gold Certified Partner status in the Microsoft Partner Program," says Gary Elfert, director of products and marketing at VISI. "This is a reflection of the hard work our engineers have put into mastering Exchange, Windows Server and many other Microsoft technologies. The benefits provided through our Gold Certified Partner status will allow us to continue to enhance the offerings we provide our customers."

VISI says it is the first Minnesota-based managed hosting provider to offer hosted Microsoft Exchange 2007 and Windows SharePoint Services 3.0.

As Minnesota's largest locally-owned managed hosting and connectivity provider, VISI offers managed hosting, colocation and Internet connectivity services. The company serves more than 11,000 business and residential customers throughout Minnesota with products and services including SAS 70 Type 2 data centers in St. Paul and Minneapolis.

Last week, VISI announced that it will be building an $18 to $19 million Tier 3 data center in Duluth, Minnesota to provide colocation and managed hosting services to the area.

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